“Latin Compounds”

Cases Forms in Syntactic Compounds

     Each of the significant word elements of a Syntactic Compounds may be a case form (nominative, genitive, et cetera).  Some Examples are:

• aquaeductus is really the phrase aquae ductus

• fideīcommissum is really the phrase fideī commissum

• iūrisprūdentia is really the phrase iūris prūdentia

• lēgislātor is really the phrase lēgis lātor

• manūmitto is really the phrase manū mitto

• paterfamiliās is really the phrase pater familiās

• rēspublica is really the phrase rēs publica

• senātusconsultum is really the phrase senātus consultum

• septentriō is a singular form of the phrase septem triōnēs

• terraemōtus is really the phrase terrae mōtus

• triumvir is a singular form of the phrase trium virōrum

1. Two Groups of Compound Words in Latin
   1. Stem Compounds
      1. Three Types of Stem Compounds
      2. Two Main Parts of a Stem Compound
      3. Combining the Parts of a Stem Compound
         1. First Part of a Stem Compound
            1. Latin Substantives
            2. Latin Adjectives
            3. Latin Verbs
            4. Special Combining Forms
         2. Second Part
            1. Nominative Form or Principal Part
            2. Inseparable Second Parts
               1. In Compounded Substantives
               2. In Compounded Adjectives
               3. In Compounded Verbs
            3. Special Terminations
   2. Syntactic Compounds
      1. Cases Forms ← You Are Here
      2. Particles
      3. Inseparable Parts
2. Vocabulary
3. Bibliography

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